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& Development


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INTEREST GROUP REPORTS

Collection Evaluation and 
Development 
Ellen Frost, Perkins School of Theology, SMU, Secretary

MEMBERS PRESENT

• Ellen Frost, Perkins School of Theology, SMU
• Stephanie Garrett, Catholic Distance University
• Marvin Hunn, Dallas Theological Seminary
• Liz Leahy, Azusa Pacific Seminary

AGENDA

The Collection Evaluation and Development IG met on June 19 via 
Zoom.  Ellen Frost led a quick discussion about the CEAD Ebook 
panel held on Friday, June 16th.  Marvin Hunn noted that Frost had 
a concrete example of ebook pricing variations to give the publish-
ers, but that the group still lacks understanding as to the range of 
prices for titles.  Stephanie Garrett mentioned textbook pricing for 
ebooks, which tends to be high; the group consensus was that most 
seminary libraries do not purchase textbooks in the usual sense.  
All attendees feel that CEAD can continue to explore the area of 
ebook publishing.

Frost then suggested several possible topics for sessions at the 
Atla 2024 conference:

1. Follow-up session on ebooks, either with publishers or aggre-
gators 
Frost heard from a board member that John Kutsko, the Atla 



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Executive Director, was extremely interested in our session 
and may be interested in having Atla sponsor something 
similar next year.  Frost emailed two Atla staff to follow up on 
this.

2. Multilingual Collection Development 
This is a conference topic idea mentioned at the 2022 busi-
ness meeting.  Garrett said their institution is completely 
bilingual (Spanish/English) collection development as of July 
1st; Liz Leahy said their institution is trilingual (Korean/Span-
ish/English).  Leahy also shared that there are Korean and 
Spanish bookshops in the Long Beach area (the site of next 
year’s conference) so the CEAD group may be able to tap into 
those resources.  The attendees agreed that this might be 
the ideal location for a “Conversation Group” session with 
these resources available, especially considering the fact that 
the local host regional group includes Korean, Spanish, and 
Chinese seminaries.  The group agreed that if this conversa-
tion group is scheduled before a coffee break, people inter-
ested in continuing the conversation would feel free to do so. 
As part of this conversation, the group discussed transla-
tion options and ways to translate for students, patrons, etc.  
Hunn mentioned leveraging English language resources into 
translations for students and the copyright legality for librar-
ies.  Frost mentioned Atla’s Copyright Office Hours hosted by 
Christine Fruin; Fruin popped in to say she’s always available 
for copyright questions at cfruin@atla.com. Other translation 
options (Deep Translator https://www.deepl.com/en/transla-
tor, Google Translate, and Google Lens, and Canvas’ Pronto 
social media program were mentioned.

3. OCLC Choreo 
Choreo, a new collection development tool from OCLC, is a 
presentation idea for 2-3 years from now. This is a new prod-
uct offered by OCLC that includes collection analysis and 
the ability to analyze a library’s collection to align with the 
institution’s academic goals and priorities.  Tabling this idea 
for a few years will allow time for schools to try the product 
and explain how they are using it.  Fruin mentioned that Atla 
offers a discount for Green Glass and posted these links in 
Chat:  
Green Glass demo recording for Atla https://vimeo.
com/395216087/34885ebe9b 
https://www.atla.com/member-benefits/consortia-oclc/

mailto:cfruin@atla.com
https://www.deepl.com/en/translator
https://www.deepl.com/en/translator
https://vimeo.com/395216087/34885ebe9b
https://vimeo.com/395216087/34885ebe9b
https://www.atla.com/member-benefits/consortia-oclc/


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Garrett and Leahy agreed to work together to write up and sub-
mit a proposal for a Multilingual Collection Development conver-
sation group for Atla 2024.

The following members agreed to serve on the 2023/2024 CEAD 
steering committee: 

• Ellen Frost, Chair
• Caitlin Soma, Co-Chair
• Liz Leahy
• Lee Webb

The meeting adjourned at 12:00 p.m. CDT.


